TKAM Vocab Ch 2

Question 1

condescended
verb
[kon-duh-send]

Answer 1

He condescended to give a nod.

1. to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
2. to stoop or deign to do something
3. to put aside one’s dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior
4. Obsolete. to yield. to assent.

Question 2

foray
noun,verb
[fawr-ey, for-ey]

Answer 2

noun
Vikings made a foray on the port.
1. a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder:
The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
2. a quick, sudden attack:
a successful foray into politics.
3. an initial venture:
verb (used without object)
4. to make a raid; pillage; maraud.
foreign industries foraying into U.S. markets.
verb (used with object)
5. to invade or make one’s way, as for profit or adventure
6. to ravage in search of plunder; pillage.

Question 3

transaction
noun
[tran-sak-shuh n, -zak-]

Answer 3

1. the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
2. an instance or process of transacting something.
3. something that is transacted, especially a business agreement.
4. Psychology. an interaction of an individual with one or more other persons, especially as influenced by their assumed relational roles of parent, child, or adult.
5. transactions, the published records of the proceedings, as papers read, addresses delivered, or discussions, at the meetings of a learned society or the like.

Question 4

apprehensively
adjective
[ap-ri-hen-siv]

Answer 4

apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.

1. uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
2. quick to learn or understand.
3. perceptive; discerning (usually followed by of).

Question 5

indigenous
adjective
[in-dij-uh-nuh s]

Answer 5

the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
1. originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to)
feelings indigenous to human beings.
2. innate; inherent; natural (usually followed by to)

Question 6

seceded
verb
[si-seed]

Answer 6

1. to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.

Question 7

catawba
noun
[kuh-taw-buh]

Answer 7

1. a Siouan language of North and South Carolina.
2. a river flowing from W North Carolina into South Carolina, where it becomes the Wateree River.
3. Horticulture. a reddish variety of grape.
   the vine bearing this fruit, grown in the eastern U.S.
4. a light, dry, white wine made from this grape.

Question 8

cunning
noun,verb,adjective
[kuhn-ing]

Answer 8

noun
1. skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
The weaver's hand lost its cunning.
2. adeptness in performance; dexterity:
adjective
3.showing or made with ingenuity.
4.artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.
a cunning little baby.
5.Informal. charmingly cute or appealing
6.Archaic. skillful; expert.
verb
7. Obsolete. present participle of can1.

Question 9

literate
adjective, noun
[lit-er-it]

Answer 9

adjective
His writing is literate but cold and clinical.
1. able to read and write.
2. having or showing knowledge of literature, writing, etc.; literary; well-read.
3. characterized by skill, lucidity, polish, or the like:
4. having knowledge or skill in a specified field
5. having an education; educated.
noun
6. a person who can read and write.
7. a learned person.

Question 10

illicitly
adjective
[ih-lis-it]

Answer 10

1. not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
2. disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons.

Question 11

sentimentality
adjective
[sen-tuh-men-tl]

Answer 11

We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons.
1. expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia
2. pertaining to or dependent on sentiment :
3. weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender:
the sentimental Victorians.
4. characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.

Question 12

union suit
noun
[yoon-yuh n - soot]

Answer 12

1. A one-piece undergarment combining shirt and long pants.

Question 13

entailment
noun
[en-teyl-muh nt]

Answer 13

The logical entailment of this approach is that the right way to design a curriculum is to make it free of bias.
1. the act or fact of entailing, or involving by necessity or as a consequence
Long hours of work are an entailment of the job.
2. something involved as a necessary part or consequence of something:

Question 14

scrip stamps
noun
[skrip stamps]

Answer 14

1. paper money of small denominations issued by government agencies for temporary emergency use; particularly common during the Great Depression

Question 15

vexations
noun
[sen-tuh-men-tl]

Answer 15

1. the act of vexing.
   vexation at missing the bus.
2. the state of being vexed; irritation; annoyance
   Rush-hour traffic is a daily vexation.
   3.something that vexes; a cause of annoyance; nuisance

Question 16

hilt
noun
[hilt

Answer 16

1. the handle of a sword or dagger.

2. the handle of any weapon or tool.

Question 17

subsequent
adjective
[suhb-si-kwuh nt]

Answer 17

Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
1. occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events;
A subsequent section in a treaty.
2. following in order or succession; succeeding
a subsequent section in a treaty.

Question 18

mortification
noun
[mawr-tuh-fi-key-shuh n]

Answer 18

1. a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one’s pride or self-respect.
2. a cause or source of such humiliation or shame.
3. the practice of asceticism by penitential discipline to overcome desire for sin and to strengthen the will.
4. Pathology. the death of one part of the body while the rest is alive; gangrene; necrosis.

Question 19

smilax
noun
[smahy-laks]

Answer 19

1. a widely distributed climbing shrub with hooks and tendrils. Several South American species yield sarsaparilla from their roots, and some are cultivated as ornamentals.
2. a climbing asparagus, the decorative foliage of which is used by florists.

Question 20

uninitiated
noun,adjective
[v. ih-nish-ee-eyt; adj., n. ih-nish-ee-it, -eyt]

Answer 20

verb (used with object), initiated, initiating.
1. to begin, set going, or originate:
to initiate major social reforms.
2. to introduce into the knowledge of some art or subject.
3. to admit or accept with formal rites into an organization or group, secret knowledge, adult society, etc.
4. to propose (a measure) by initiative procedure:
to initiate a constitutional amendment.
adjective
5. initiated; begun.
6. admitted into an organizaton or group, secret knowledge, etc.
7. introduced to the knowledge of a subject.
noun
8. a person who has been initiated.

Question 21

sojourn
noun, adjective
[n. soh-jurn; v. soh-jurn, soh-jurn]

Answer 21

noun
1.a temporary stay
verb (used without object)
2.to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily